Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Sound artist“With around 20 years of music production, composition and vocal adventures, Toni Hatakka implements a multitude of feels, atmospheres and styles in his writing. Metal and video game music are his forté, but he is no stranger to folk, pop or any other style or genre he might find sudden inspiration from…”
-Some kind fellow of wealth and tasteGame Music
A gamer of all varieties since early childhood, I find game music to be the most intriguing form of entertainment. It is an amalgamation of different genres, styles and soundscapes, and never ceases to inspire.
My experience as a game musician mostly comprises of my own inspiration and jams, but also a large amount of commission work for Loru Games. All the games in their learning game platform feature music composed and produced by yours truly.
Metal & Orchestral Music
Metal music has been my gig since I heard Dio’s Holy Driver on my father’s car radio when I was five years old. I have sang, produced, written and composed metal music for around 20 years. I sing in the band Hanging Garden, which is now writing their eigth full-length album and recently signed to Agonia Records.
In addition to Hanging Garden, I write and produce music for my youtube channel, a yet to be named southern gothic/country project, and a geeky music collaboration Songs of the CVLT.
Sound Design & Voice
On top of game music, I have dabbled in general sound design, SFX and voice acting. The biggest gig has been the ongoing project Skywind, which is a massive effort of hundreds of people to bring the game Morrowind to a more modern game engine. I have read hundreds of lines of dialogue for the project, which has been a great and novel experience!
Loru Games’ learning platform has been another project for which I have done SFX and some VA stuff. I also did foley recordings for their corprate launch trailer (and of course composed the music and did the video post production!). Check it out below!
